Linkin Park

Released: July 30, 2002

Featuring: Jonathan Davis

Songwriter: Mr. Hahn Traz Damji Ken “Hiwatt” Marshall Rob Bourdon Mike Shinoda Brad Delson Chester Bennington Jonathan Davis

Producer: Mike Shinoda

[Intro: Chester Bennington]
…Room to breathe
'Bout to…
Break
Breathe
I'm about to break
Breathe
I need room to breathe
Breathe
I need room to breathe
Breathe
I need room to breathe

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]
I cannot take this anymore
Saying everything I've said before
All these words, they make no sense
I found bliss in ignorance
Less I hear, the less you say
You'll find that out anyway

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]
I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts, they make no sense
I found bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again

[Interlude: Chester Bennington]
Over and over again
Over and over again
Over and over again
Over and over again
Just like before
Like before
Like before
Like before
Like before

[Chorus: Chester Bennington with Mike Shinoda]
Everything you say to me…
And I'm about to break (Like before)
I need a little room to breathe…
And I'm about to break (Like before)
Everything you say to me…
And I'm about to break (Like before)
I need a little room to breathe…
And I'm about to break (Like before)

[Verse 3: Jonathan Davis, Chester Bennington]
These are the places where I can feel
Torn from my body, my flesh, it peels
During this ride, we can cut up what we like (I'm about to break)
Waiting alone, I cannot resist
Feeling this hate I have never missed
Please, someone give me a reason to rip off my face
Blood is a-pouring, and pouring, and pouring
And pouring, and pouring, and pouring, and pouring
And pouring, and pouring, and pouring, and pouring (Shut up when I'm talkin' to you)

[Bridge: Chester Bennington, Jonathan Davis]
Shut up (Blood is pouring)
Shut up (Blood is pouring)
Shut up (Blood is pouring)
Shut up when I'm talkin' to you
Shut up (Blood is pouring)
Shut up (Blood is pouring)
Shut up (Blood is pouring)
Shut up
I'm about to break

[Chorus: Chester Bennington with Jonathan Davis, with Mike Shinoda]
Everything you say to me… I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe… I'm about to break
Everything you say to me… and I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe… and I'm about to…
Everything you say to me
(Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break)
I need a little room to breathe
('Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
I'm about to break)
Everything you say to me
(Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break)
I need a little room to breathe
('Cause I'm one step closer to the edge)
And I'm about to…

Hybrid Theory isn’t just the title of Linkin Park’s chart-topping debut album, but a career mission statement.

From day one, the same six players (lead vocalist Chester Bennington, drummer/percussionist Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell, DJ/Programmer Joe Hahn, and keyboardist, guitarist, and co-lead vocals Mike Shinoda) built the band by fusing all their favorite styles of music into one unmistakable signature sound. With each album, Linkin Park defiantly challenges themselves and their fans by blasting into new musical territory. After setting the template for rock that incorporated hip-hop influences with Hybrid Theory and Meteora, they shifted gears completely and defied expectations with the polychromatic Minutes to Midnight, and again with the esoteric A Thousand Suns, before melding a piece of them all into 2012’s LIVING THINGS. With their 2014 release and heaviest offering in years, The Hunting Party, Linkin Park manage to capture their ever-innovative spirit with a hunger seldom seen in bands on their seventh album. One More Light (2017) is an interesting personal album, filled with a lot of emotion.

Unfortunately, on July 20, 2017, Chester unexpectedly died by suicide, shocking and saddening both fans and his own band members alike.

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